It’s their busiest time of year but Pantoland’s biggest heroes and villains are ready to bring festive cheer – and boos – to theatres this December.

Here, Erin McGregor reveals her Christmas Day, presents from her brother Conor and the family traditions that she still holds dear.

What is your favourite Christmas song?

This one is a tough, but it has to be Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You.

What did Conor get you last Christmas? And what do you buy for the person who has everything?

He brought me on a once-in-a-lifetime shopping trip and I felt like the luckiest girl in the world. I never take for

granted how lucky I am to have such a generous brother. To get something I could never buy for myself in a million years is just an amazing feeling. Every year my sister and I always try to put our heads together to get him something thoughtful to show our appreciation for everything he has done for us.

What is your favourite childhood memory of Christmas growing up in the McGregor household?

My mam would buy us new pjs and bed clothes for Christmas Eve. I would have my bath, put the milk and carrot out for Rudolph and get into bed. This is a tradition I carried on into my adulthood and this routine means Santa is coming.

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Is it nice having Santa all over again with your son Harry now that your firstborn Taylor has turned 18?

I love the excitement amongst the children and the hustle and bustle of town. I love it so much that Santa still comes to Taylor to this day! If you don’t believe, you don’t receive –that’s what I always tell her anyway.